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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has spent more than $50 million since the start of 2013 on lawyers outside his administration, largely because of costs related to the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal.
The administration has billed $22 million this year, according to a person familiar with the costs who wasnt authorized to provide the information. Spending on outside counsel last year reached $29 million, the most since at least 2005, the earliest information available, according to Lee Moore, a spokesman for the state attorney generals office.
Billings related directly to the bridge scandal exceeded $7 million as of mid-August, according to information released at that time by acting Attorney General John Hoffmans office.
News about this years legal bills was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. Kevin Roberts, a spokesman for Christie, declined to comment when asked about them today in Trenton.
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spanone
(135,781 posts)malaise
(268,665 posts)Let's go Mr. Fishman
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/fishman_on_bridge_scandal_probe_investigations_take_time.html
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New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman today said he won't predict how long it will take his office to finish an investigation into the George Washington Bridge scandal surrounding Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
Fishman, the state's top federal prosecutor, was asked about the probe during a news conference today announcing that the U.S. Justice Department has reached an agreement with Newark to have a federal monitor watch over the city's police force because of violations to the constitutional rights of citizens.
"I never as you know make predictions about how long investigations can or should take but I will say there's a lesson from this," Fishman said, referencing the Newark case. "Thorough, complete investigations take time. They have to be done right. They have to be done thoroughly and that's all I'll say about that."
The U.S. Attorney's Office is conducting one of two investigations into the bridge controversy. The other is being run by a special state legislative committee.
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Sweat Christie, sweat - my prediction - Samson is his Delilah and he can't outrun him!!
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)he needs it to cover his bullying fat ass.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Sometimes it takes money to make money. I hope taxpayers in New Jersey appreciate this pearl of wisdom.
Cha
(296,780 posts)with his favoritism, bridgegates, and tax breaks to his corporate buddies to screw over the People of NJ?
edhopper
(33,467 posts)Gotta grift.
The coffers of New Jersey are for his Corporate pals.
Too bad the voters of NJ didn't understand that.
Now he's raided their pensions, screwed his transit system and supported bad real estate deals.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)But last year he vetoed bills to raise minimum wage and restore the Earned Income Tax Credit.
New Jersey, get rid of him.